Fiction based on World War II

Many types of fiction have involved events in the World War II time period. This list is a chronological collection of significant events from such fiction. It includes events that were set in World War II but have never occurred. Many of these works are key examples of the war novel genre.

Novels

• Stalin's Gold by Mark Ellis (author) (1938)
• Moment in Peking by Lin Yutang (1939)
• Princes Gate by Mark Ellis (author) (1940)
• Most Secret by Nevil Shute (1942)
• A Bell for Adano by John Hersey (1944)
• Pastoral by Nevil Shute (1944)
• Shore Leave by Frederick Wakeman (1944)
• Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens (1948)
• The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer (1948)
• The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk (1951)
• The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat (1951)
• From Here to Eternity by James Jones (1951)
• The Bridge over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle (1954)
• The Charioteer by Mary Renault (1954)
• The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester (1955)
• HMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLean (1955)
• Run Silent, Run Deep by Edward L. Beach, Jr. (1955)
• The War Lover by John Hersey (1959)
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961)
• Goodbye to Some by Gordon Forbes (1961)
• King Rat by James Clavell (1962)
• The Thin Red Line by James Jones (1962)
• The High White Forest by Ralph Allen (1964)
• The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton (1966)
• Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer (1968)
• Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1969)
• The Winds of War by Herman Wouk (1971)
• Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (1973)
• The Rhinemann Exchange by Robert Ludlum (1974)
• The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins (1975)
• Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett (1978)
• War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk (1978)
• Whistle by James Jones (1978)
• No Birds Sang by Farley Mowat (1979)
• Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Margorian (1981)
• Lessons in Dance and Love by Pavel Kohout (1989)
• Number the stars by Lois Lowry (1989)
• Führer by Alan Prior (about Hitler) (1991)
• No Man's Land by Kevin Major (1995)
• A Walk in the Sun by Harry Brown (1998)
• The Book of Kings by James Thackara (1999)
• War of the Rats by David L. Robbins (1999)
• The Widow Killer by Pavel Kohout (1995 in Czech, 2000 in English)
• The Cloud Atlas by Liam Callanan (2004)
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2007)
• The Far Reaches by Homer Hickam (2007)
• The Steel Wave by Jeff Shaara (2008)
• Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (2010)
• Showa: Chronicles of a Fallen God by Paul-Yanic Laquerre (about Hirohito) (2013)
• Save me Twice - Based on a True Story by Elfriede Dustin (2016)
• In Apple Blossom Time^[1] by Robert Wack (2013)

Authors who specialize in World War II

• Mark Ellis
• Sven Hassel
• Arnošt Lustig

Short stories

• Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener (1947)
• For Esmé – with Love and Squalor by J.D. Salinger (1950)
• Sofiah by Rob Shepherd (2013)

Movies

1940s

• 49th Parallel
• Casablanca

1960s

• The Shop on Main Street
• Closely Watched Trains
• The Dirty Dozen
• The Devil's Brigade

1970s

• Cross of Iron
• Kelly's Heroes
• Ohtlikud mängud (The Dangerous Games)
• Once an Eagle (1976)

1980s

• The Sea Wolves (1980)
• Das Boot (1981)
• Come and See (1985)
• The Misfit Brigad (1987)

1990s

• Schindler's List (1993)
• Stalingrad (1993)
• La vita e' bella (1997)
• Goodnight Mister Tom (1998) (starring John Thaw)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
• The Thin Red Line (1998)
• All My Loved Ones (1999) (about Nicholas Winton)

2000s

• Divided We Fall (2000)
• Enemy at the Gates (2001)
• Windtalkers (2002)
• Želary (2003)
• Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
• Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
• Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
• Defiance (2008)
• Valkyrie (2008)
• The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas (2008)
• Inglourious Basterds (2009)
• Red Tails (2012)

Games

• Call of Duty
• Medal of Honor series
• Men of War and its expansions
• Wolfenstein video game series by Id Software
• UberSoldier
• Battlefield 1942
• Day Of Defeat and its upgraded, Source Engine counterpart, Day of Defeat: Source
• Company of Heroes and its expansions
• Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
• Hidden & Dangerous

Comic books

• Marvel superheroes fight Nazi Germany, including Captain America, Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, etc.

Manga/Anime

• Hetalia: Axis Powers
• Zipang (anime)
• Zipang (manga)

TV Series

See also

• War novel
• List of films based on war books
• Fiction based on World War I
• Fiction based on the Vietnam War
• Alternate history
• Category:Lists of World War II films

References